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By: Super_XP

Super_XP — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:07:00 +0000

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. This is why many want BB10 to kick both android and IOS in the Balls. I for one am buying. BB10

By: imjust Sayin

imjust Sayin — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:07:00 +0000

Is this some kind of anti-competitive move by apple and google?

If so, they could be running into a problem with the racketeering laws.

By: JosephBench

JosephBench — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:06:00 +0000

BlackBerry has also come out and said they would build the app for netflix if netflix would allow them.

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By: Flatlander81

Flatlander81 — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:13:00 +0000

Type your comment hereI just got an email asking me to come back to netflix(canceled it when they announced no playbook support). So I phoned and asked if they planned to support my PB. The answer was yes they are working on it and hope to support it. I said that that is good and while I won’t sign up again today, I said I would check back and will re-sign when they do. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and it never hurts to vote with your wallet.

By: Edriss

Edriss — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:47:00 +0000

ID10T errors are killer. Over 9 months owned NEVER crashed. “egg on face?”

By: Wayneelliott

Wayneelliott — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Just do it Netflix. I for one am upset at your company for not having an app. For playbook.

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By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:52:00 +0000

Repeated crash? Proves you didn’t own one.

By: VickyLeft

VickyLeft — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:33:00 +0000

I also canceled my Netflix account. I love my playbook tablet and won’t get crazy just because of some stupid company who decided to boycot RIM. I just think is all about apple making themselve the kings of the world and thinking they have it all. Playbook is not because of price is because of the lack of applications that hasn’t gone futher. But their’re the best ever

By: Matt Davies

Matt Davies — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:52:00 +0000

Hulu runs on the PlayBook (they just disabled it for political reasons). If they have Netflix on the Wii and the most difficult platform to develop for (Apple) then they should have had no problem launching their app last year. Would not surprise me one bit if they had an agreement with Steve Jobs to help bury RIM.

By: JCR

JCR — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Your comparison to the 3DS and Vita are ridiculous. The PlayBook has sold around 1 million units – the 3DS has sold 15 million since its release and the Vita has sold over a million in just a few months. They are way ahead of PlayBook’s sales.

I bought a PlayBook – entirely hopeful that it would be a useful tool. After several days of repeated crashes and having to uninstall so many new apps because 2.0 gimped them, I took it back.

By: disgruntled employee

disgruntled employee — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:50:00 +0000

Probably paid off by Microsoft like a host of other app-developing companies. Hopefully DoJ and competition bureau are already investigating.

By: T.j. Archibald

T.j. Archibald — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:54:00 +0000

Speaking of leaving it open for someone else to fill the void that netflix neglects to, how about hulu finally opening up to Canadian users, I’m sick of all this “US residents only” shit…..didnt mean for this to be in response to someone else’s post

By: Jeff Bacon

Jeff Bacon — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Porting a game that uses OpenGL to PlayBook is pretty easy. Porting an application that ties more deeply into platform-UI or hardware features, not as easy. If you design your application correctly, it should still port well to PlayBook (likewise any other C-based platform) however the “1 day” mantra is a bit misleading. As far as I understood it, the developers have had great success getting their app running in a day (OpenGL apps that is) but that doesn’t mean they’re a finished product. It still takes time to tune the application interface for the PlayBook (as it would for any platform) and get the application up to production quality.

If you are cancelling your Netflix account because of their lack of PlayBook support, ask yourself this: If Netflix had just “not confirmed or denied” they were coming to PlayBook, you would still have cancelled? You still would not have had a Netflix app on PlayBook, but the reaction from many would probably have been different.

If Netflix put out an application and then someone found a bug and they didn’t fix it, would you consider that “supporting” PlayBook? There are always ongoing costs to supporting any platform. I think the PlayBook makes a great media player but if Netflix really is leaving business on the table by not supporting PlayBook, that should mean there’s a business opportunity for someone else to fill the void. If no one else does, then that probably tells you something about the market currently.

By: Guest2

Guest2 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:14:00 +0000

I cancelled my account for these very reasons on the day Netflix announced they didn’t want me as a customer. With Huluplus, Amazon and others, I haven’t missed Netflix for one red second.

By: jmeth111

jmeth111 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Tried Netflix for a month but canceled because there isn’t enough content.